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book_tour

  1. Philip Seymour Hoffman interview in @bombmagazine ht.ly/7fv3k
  2. BookTour is Closing http://ht.ly/65Vtv
  3. The folks at @longformorg are featuring a 3 part series on the sex trade and the horrors of human trafficking gq.com/news-politics/…
  4. The Periodic Table of Storytelling http://ow.ly/4VegH
  5. @aaronpribble Sure thing!
  6. Is "Spotify for Books" Possible? Is "Spotify for America" possible? http://ow.ly/4M6N7
  7. Interview with graphic novelist Ben Katchor in @The_AV_Club http://ow.ly/4Li87 (story by Sam Adams).
  8. 7 Survival Secrets for Independent Bookstores. Smartest list I've read on this topic thus far. http://ow.ly/4LjnE
  9. Plimpton! A Documentary film about the life of George Plimpton is in the works http://ow.ly/4LhAB
  10. Porter Anderson on the gender disparity (i.e. very few men) in Writing Workshops. A must read. http://ow.ly/4Lhh0 #weegendorsed
  11. You must hear this "Bookworm" episode. A thrilling conversation about the state of a "literary America" http://ow.ly/4Lggm #weegendorsed
  12. Experts on publishing to follow on twitter according to new service Sulia.com. Some heavy hitters in there! http://ow.ly/4JfCe
  13. Studio 360 piece on independent bookstores. Featuring photo of Housing Works! http://ow.ly/4F3Hk
  14. New software allows authors to sign Kindles http://ow.ly/4AALk (NYT story by Stephanie Rosenbloom).
  15. "How to Wreck a Nice Beach" Book on the History of the Vocoder http://ow.ly/4zu8S (via @bombmagazine)
  16. 2010's Most Banned Library Books http://ow.ly/4zs2w
  17. What If Your Favorite Album Was a Book? Slideshow http://ow.ly/4xH0V
  18. Literary Journals are thriving in the digital age... http://ow.ly/4xeP1
  19. Curtis Sittenfeld reviews Tina Fey's Memoir "Bossypants" http://ow.ly/4xeK5
  20. Yes, I am linking to a book about beer can design and I don't drink. http://ow.ly/4x41r #sosueme